On today's installment of Things That Don't Suck, we bring you Not Your Average Joel ;0)

This is not normal. A sitting president refusing to call the governor of a state after two elected officials were shot, one fatally, is beyond words. A typical president, regardless of politics, would pick up the phone. Offer condolences.

In addition to gutting Medicaid and SNAP, the House Reconciliation bill takes aim at the clean energy boom 🔋🌱 Slashing clean energy tax credits = slashing jobs in your own district 💼⚡️ Let’s see how that plays out 👀

Hurry up

Who did this? 😂

Hey Glasgow Scotland area people! Portable Weirdness will be at Stirling Night market this Saturday with Miles Batty @satyrmoon.bsky.social and the usual suspects, new loot, and books! See y'all there ;0) allevents.in/stirling/the...

It’s International Haiku Poetry Day today apparently so here are a few haiku with which to start the day.

Start wearing a blue hat. Ball cap, cowboy hat, propeller beanie, whatever. Make it blue. The MAGAts are known by their red hats. It sends a message. Start sending a blue message.

What a bloomin' coincidence. Almost like someone tipped her off or something.

Dear Newt Gingrich, Your 1994 book "Contract with America" was a pivotal step toward the political polarisation in America, which put us on the path toward where we are now. Did you ever expect it to get this extreme? Are you happy with where it is now? No really, I want your honest answer.

TRUTH

Well, shit.

Farewell to Fear #poetry #poem #author #booksky

An obligatory list of things I like for my Bluesky audience: The NHS A working Democracy Raisinets Those "we put a thing on a balloon with a camera and sent it into space" videos Randy Feltface Hazbin Hotel Spicy meatballs Red squirrels Numbers ending in j Archaeology Wereforks Bioluminescence Tea

So protesting at a Tesla Dealership is terrorism now? It can get you arrested? What if I want to protest my crappy service at a Ford dealership? Or at Chevrolet? If I think my Toyota sales contract is unfair is it an act or terrorism to refute it? Will I be arrested for asking about my warranty?

Didn't Republicans hate Electric Vehicles six months ago?

If you could ask Felon47 or MuskRat one question - each or together - what would you ask them? (Knowing that there's 0% chance you'd get an honest answer.)

American politics is actually in a 3-way battle with itself. It's following the Project 2025 agenda; and following Putin's schemes to rebuild the Soviet Bloc and possibly expand it by military force; and following the whims of a 78 year old man with paranoid delusions and early stage dementia.

He's just not that bloody important!! His mere presence at international conferences should not be enough to dicate or influence policy.

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